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Electoral history of the Ulster Unionist Party. The Ulster Unionist Party held the majority of Northern Ireland seats in most elections for the Westminster Parliament between 1922 and 2001. Since then its representation has been low or non-existent, having been eclipsed by the Democratic Unionist Party. [1] It always had an absolute majority in ...
Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become a supporter of unionism in Ireland. [6] It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive ", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. [7] [8] The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish ...
In Northern Ireland, the main newspapers are The Irish News, seen as pro- Social Democratic and Labour Party, and the Unionist -leaning Belfast Newsletter. The Belfast Telegraph is the main evening newspaper in Northern Ireland. In January 2005 Daily Ireland, which was somewhat supportive of Sinn Féin was launched.
The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a small unionist political party based in Northern Ireland. [1] They are right-wing, supporting conservative values. [2]
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ( Irish: Cumann Cearta Sibhialta Thuaisceart Éireann) was an organisation that campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in Belfast on 9 April 1967, [1] the civil rights campaign attempted to achieve reform by publicising, documenting, and ...
Peace lines. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly British loyalist or unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast and elsewhere.
The 1969 Northern Ireland general election was held on Monday 24 February 1969. It was the last election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland before its abolition by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 . This was the first (and only) election since the 1929 general election to see changes to the constituencies.
